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  New Evidence: The Need for Trauma Informed Care

  Posted on April 26, 2016 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) states that “exposure to one or more potentially traumatic events in a lifetime is associated with a host of potential negative behavioral and physical effects, ranging from mental illness and depression to substance abuse, […]

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  Broken Places, Part 2

  Posted on July 24, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  The darkness. The compulsion to die. I couldn’t shake the obsession… no matter what I did.   I prayed. I read the Bible. I ate. I ate more. I got high. And tried to get higher each time I used.   I got numb. I zoned out. For months, my prayers had been short and to the point: “HELP!” […]

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